Reflection spectra of the black hole binary candidate MAXI J1535-571 in the hard state observed by NuSTAR
Reflection spectra of the black hole binary candidate MAXI J1535-571 in the hard state observed by NuSTAR
We report on a Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) observation of the recently discovered bright black hole candidate MAXI J1535-571. NuSTAR observed the source on MJD 58003 (five days after the outburst was reported). The spectrum is characteristic of a black hole binary in the hard state. We observe clear disk reflection features, including a broad Fe Kα line and a Compton hump peaking around 30 keV. Detailed spectral modeling reveals a narrow Fe Kα line complex centered around 6.5 keV on top of the strong relativistically broadened Fe Kα line. The narrow component is consistent with distant reflection from moderately ionized material. The spectral continuum is well described by a combination of cool thermal disk photons and a Comptonized plasma with the electron temperature kTe = 19.7 ± 0.4 keV. An adequate fit can be achieved for the disk reflection features with a self-consistent relativistic reflection model that assumes a lamp-post geometry for the coronal illuminating source. The spectral fitting measures a black hole spin a > 0.84, inner disk radius Rin 2.01 rISCO, and a lamp-post height h = 7.2-2.0 +0.8rg(statistical errors, 90% confidence), indicating no significant disk truncation and a compact corona. Although the distance and mass of this source are not currently known, this suggests the source was likely in the brighter phases of the hard state during this NuSTAR observation.
accretion, accretion disks, black hole physics, X-rays: binaries
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January 2018
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Xu, Yanjun, Harrison, Fiona A., García, Javier A., Fabian, Andrew C., Fürst, Felix, Gandhi, Poshak, Grefenstette, Brian W., Madsen, Kristin K., Miller, Jon M., Parker, Michael L., Tomsick, John A. and Walton, Dominic J.
(2018)
Reflection spectra of the black hole binary candidate MAXI J1535-571 in the hard state observed by NuSTAR.
Astrophysical Journal Letters, 852 (2), [L34].
(doi:10.3847/2041-8213/aaa4b2).
Abstract
We report on a Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) observation of the recently discovered bright black hole candidate MAXI J1535-571. NuSTAR observed the source on MJD 58003 (five days after the outburst was reported). The spectrum is characteristic of a black hole binary in the hard state. We observe clear disk reflection features, including a broad Fe Kα line and a Compton hump peaking around 30 keV. Detailed spectral modeling reveals a narrow Fe Kα line complex centered around 6.5 keV on top of the strong relativistically broadened Fe Kα line. The narrow component is consistent with distant reflection from moderately ionized material. The spectral continuum is well described by a combination of cool thermal disk photons and a Comptonized plasma with the electron temperature kTe = 19.7 ± 0.4 keV. An adequate fit can be achieved for the disk reflection features with a self-consistent relativistic reflection model that assumes a lamp-post geometry for the coronal illuminating source. The spectral fitting measures a black hole spin a > 0.84, inner disk radius Rin 2.01 rISCO, and a lamp-post height h = 7.2-2.0 +0.8rg(statistical errors, 90% confidence), indicating no significant disk truncation and a compact corona. Although the distance and mass of this source are not currently known, this suggests the source was likely in the brighter phases of the hard state during this NuSTAR observation.
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Reflection Spectra of the Black Hole Binary Candidate MAXI J1535-571 in the Hard State Observed by NuSTAR
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Accepted/In Press date: 2 January 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 12 January 2018
Published date: January 2018
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accretion, accretion disks, black hole physics, X-rays: binaries
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Yanjun Xu
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Fiona A. Harrison
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Javier A. García
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Andrew C. Fabian
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Felix Fürst
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Brian W. Grefenstette
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Kristin K. Madsen
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Jon M. Miller
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Michael L. Parker
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John A. Tomsick
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Dominic J. Walton
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